Dr. Costanza Aricò graduated in Civil Engineering – Hydraulics at the University of Palermo on 13/07/2000 (110/110 magna cum laude and a special mention for the thesis). She obtained the title of PhD in Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Catania on 24/02/2005. From June 2005 to December 2012 obtained scholarships and post doctoral research grants at the Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials, University of Palermo and the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection – National Research Council (Perugia, Italy), for a total period of 73 months. From 20/12/2012 she is a fixed-term Research Assistant in Hydraulics, Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials, University of Palermo.